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Earlier this month, 32 individuals were recognized with 26 Undergraduate Research Excellence Awards — totaling $26,000 — in honour of their research work as part of the UFV Work-Study program, as research assistants, or for an outstanding research project completed in 2020-2021.<\/p>\n
The annual URE Awards are coordinated by the Office of Research, Engagement, and Graduate Studies to recognize undergraduate research excellence across the university. (Award nominations are submitted by departments\/schools, based on faculty recommendations, each spring.)<\/p>\n
While the URE Awards could not take place in person this year, you can watch the awards video \u2013 a 17-minute celebration with lively cameos by 25 students — at http:\/\/youtu.be\/_q7nYV-feWA<\/a>.<\/p>\n Personal reflections from each award recipient on their research interests, award-winning project, and next steps in life are available to read at ufv.ca\/ure-awards\/2021\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n 2021 Undergraduate Research Excellence Award Recipients:<\/p>\n COLLEGE OF ARTS \u2022 School of Creative Arts ($1,000) — Paul Hill for \u201cSystemic White Racism in Canada: A Graphic Novel.” Supervisor: Dr. Anna Griffith.<\/p>\n \u2022 School of Criminology & Criminal Justice ($1,000) — Ireland Bellsmith and Tripat Sandhu for \u201cSafe Use of Confession Pages.\u201d Supervisors: Dr. Amy Prevost and Dr. Hayli Millar.<\/p>\n \u2022 Economics — Mika Bachmann for \u201cHow different healthcare systems affect the first wave of COVID-19.\u201d Supervisor: David Dobson.<\/p>\n \u2022 English — Sien Barnett for \u201cBridging the Gap: Exploring Literary Traditions in Alison Bechdel’s ‘Fun Home’.” Supervisor: Dr. Hilary Turner.<\/p>\n \u2022 History — Jordan Sheffield for \u201cLenin to Lennon: The Role of Rock and Rap in Mongolia’s Recent Past.” Supervisor: Larissa Horne.<\/p>\n \u2022 Media Studies — Aidan Leuszler for \u201cHorror Video Games: Sutoritera.” Supervisor: Dr. David Christopher.<\/p>\n \u2022 Philosophy — Shannon Pahladsingh for \u201cDo Coral Reefs Love Us Back? The Environmental Ethics of Coastal Tourism.” Supervisor: Anna Cook.<\/p>\n \u2022 Political Science — Ian Boese for \u201cFrom Bellwether to Bastion: Analysis of the Party System in the Electoral Districts of Kamloops.” Supervisor: Dr. Hamish Telford.<\/p>\n \u2022 Psychology — Shelby Shuster for \u201cWomen\u2019s Sensitivity to Cues of Men\u2019s Threat in an Online Dating Simulation and the (In)effectiveness of Online Dating Recommendations.” Supervisor: Dr. Shawn Geniole.<\/p>\n \u2022 Sociology — Michelle Grafton for \u201cEnforcing the Rules versus \u2018Doing What\u2019s Right\u2019: Lived Experiences of Labour and Delivery Nurses in the Context of COVID-19.” Supervisor: Dr. Michael Corman.<\/p>\n FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES \u2022 Nursing — Leia Perovic for \u201cExploring the Impact of Nursing Students’ Program Experiences on Post-Grad Career Specialty Choices.” Supervisor: Dr. Shelley Canning.<\/p>\n FACULTY OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIES \u2022 School of Business — Lahayla Charlie-Campbell, Shreya Joseph, Anureet Kaurha, Trisha Kumar, and Sukhjot Sidhu for \u201cEffects of Message Framing on Building Public Support in Getting the COVID-19 Vaccine.” Supervisor: David Dobson.<\/p>\n \u2022 School of Social Work and Human Services — Jennifer Banh and Natalie Dahl for \u201cSocial work and the practice\/pursuit of social justice.” Supervisor: Dr. Lisa Moy.<\/p>\n FACULTY OF APPLIED AND TECHNICAL STUDIES FACULTY OF SCIENCE \u2022 Biology — Kennedy Zwarych for \u201cPathogen prevalence in wild bumblebees (Bombus spp.) across the Fraser Valley.” Supervisor: Dr. Sandra Gillespie.<\/p>\n \u2022 Chemistry — Connor Frey for “Peptide mapping employing pepsin and triethoxysilylbutyraldehyde: Optimizing immobilization parameters via capillary electrophoresis and mass spectrometric analysis.” Supervisor: Dr. Golfam Ghafourifar.<\/p>\n \u2022 Computer Science — Steven Lawrence for “Improved deep convolutional neural network with age augmentation for facial emotion recognition in social companion robotics.” Supervisor: Dr. Amir Shabani.<\/p>\n \u2022 School of Land Use and Environmental Change (SLUEC) — Vanessa Brewer and Nicola Ferguson for \u201cLuminescence dating of ancient environments, Hudson Bay Lowlands.” Supervisor: Dr. Olav Lian.<\/p>\n SPECIAL AWARDS \u2022 Indigenous Research Award \u2013 Alice Clark (English) for \u201cTrue Patriot Love? Exposing the Illusion of Canadian Multiculturalism Through Indigenous and Immigrant Literature.” Supervisor: Dr. Michelle La Flamme.<\/p>\n \u2022 Industry Engagement Award — Maciej Kaczor (Electrical Apprenticeship) for \u201cAutomated Honey Extraction System Project.” Supervisor: Daniel Smythe. Industry partner: Worker Bee Honey Co.<\/p>\n \u2022 Industry Engagement Award —\u00a0 Holden Pimentel (CIS) for \u201cThe Rolling List Software.” Supervisor: Dr. Opeyemi Adesina.<\/p>\n Congratulations to all of the award recipients, and a special thank you to the faculty research mentors who invested significant time and care into cultivating enjoyable, rigorous, and fulfilling undergraduate research experiences for their students!<\/p>\n For updates regarding next year’s URE Awards, please bookmark www.ufv.ca\/URE-awards or subscribe to the UFV Research Office’s monthly newsletter by emailing regs@ufv.ca, subject line “Subscribe to E-News.”<\/p>\n <\/p>\n https:\/\/www.ufv.ca\/ure-awards\/2021\/<\/a><\/p>\n For more information, contact Danielle Mijo-Burch at danielle.mijoburch@ufv.ca<\/a><\/p>\n 08\/31\/2021<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Earlier this month, 32 individuals were recognized with 26 Undergraduate Research Excellence Awards — totaling $26,000 — in honour of their research work as part of the UFV Work-Study program, as research assistants, or for an outstanding research project completed in 2020-2021. 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\n\u2022 Communications ($1,000) — Lana Harach for \u201cMitigating Dangers of Vespa mandarinia (Asian Giant Hornet).” Supervisor: David Thomson.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Kinesiology — Jenna Knelson for \u201cMYSelf Club: Virtual intervention for children w\/self-regulation challenges.” Supervisors: Dr. Alison Pritchard-Orr and Dr. Kathy Keiver.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Adult Education — Philippa Robertshaw for \u201cChallenges and Issues in Supporting ADED Learners Online.” Supervisor: Dr. Chris Campbell.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Physics — Emily Rettich for \u201cPerturbative Contributions to the Isoscalar 0+- Hybrid Decay to pi- b1(1235)+.” Supervisor: Dr. Derek Harnett.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Agriculture Science —\u00a0 Jade Sherwood for \u201cChemical cues of male and female Leptopilina japonica parasitoids on food substrate of the nation wide berry pest, Drosophila suzukii.\u201d Supervisor: Dr. Renee Prasad. External supervisor: Dr. Paul Abrams, Agriculture and Agri-food Canada.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Community Service Research Award — Julia Whittaker (SLUEC Arts) for \u201cStarling Management on Blueberry Fields in East Matsqui: A CityStudio Project.” Supervisors: Larissa Horne and Dr. Mariano Mapoli.<\/p>\n